NCAAM Power Rankings: Week 8

Each week, I will be posting my power rankings from all the power conferences including the A10 and AAC. Also at the end of each ranking I will add a few remarks on different team’s movements.

A10

1. Rhode Island
2. Duquesne
3. VCU
4. St Bonaventure
5. Davidson
6. St Joes
7. La Salle
8. St Louis
9. GW
10. Umass
11. Dayton
12. George Mason
13. Fordham
14. Richmond

Duquesne has been last place in the A10 for many years, but now with the help of Eric Williams they are in second place in an easy conference.

AAC

1. Wichita State
2. Cincy
3. Houston
4. UCF
5. Tulane
6. SMU
7. Memphis
8. Tulsa
9. Temple
10. Uconn
11. ECU
12. USF

UCF has impressed lately, and Tulane continues to be hot and cold.

ACC

1. Virginia
2. Clemson
3. Miami
4. Notre Dame
5. BC
6. Duke
7. FSU
8. UNC
9. Louisville
10. Wake Forest
11. Syracuse
12. NC State
13. Vtech
14. Gtech
15. Pitt

Duke and North Carolina drop, as Virginia takes over the conference.

Big 12

1. West V
2. Oklahoma
3. Kansas
4. Texas Tech
5. TCU
6. Baylor
7. Oklahoma State
8. Texas
9. Iowa State
10. Kansas State

Baylor is getting hot at the right time, as the top of the conference remains tight.

Big East

1. Nova
2. Xavier
3. Seton Hall
4. Creighton
5. Providence
6. Butler
7. Marquette
8. Georgetown
9. Depaul
10. St Johns

St. Johns falls to Depaul in a loss that will sting very bad come March.

Big Ten

1. Michigan State
2. Purdue
3. Ohio State
4. Michigan
5. Maryland
6. Penn State
7. Minnesota
8. Nebraska
9. Illinois
10. Rutgers
11. Wisconsin
12. Northwestern
13. Indiana
14. Iowa

Ohio State dominated and upset Michigan State to regain the #3 spot in the conference, which is huge in the interesting Big Ten.

PAC 12

1. Arizona
2. ASU
3. Washington
4. Oregon State
5. Colorado
6. Utah
7. Oregon
8. Stanford
9. UCLA
10. USC
11. Wash State
12. Cal

UCLA and USC may not make the tournament at this rate.

SEC

1. Auburn
2. Kentucky
3. Florida
4. Georgia
5. Arkansas
6. Tennessee
7. Alabama
8. Texas A/M
9. Ole Miss
10. Missouri
11. Miss State
12. LSU
13. Vandy
14. South Carolina

Auburn is still on top, as the conference continues to shuffle around.